Cantonal Citizens shall have the right to form societies and other associations.
Only associations whose aims or activities contravene the criminal laws (as defined in each Canton) shall be prohibited.
The right to form associations to safeguard and improve working and economic conditions shall be guaranteed to every individual and to every occupation or profession.
Laws, directives, decisions, agreements, practice, implicit or explicit behaviors, measures, or actions that tend to de facto or de jure restrict, limit, or impair the freedom of association as described in this Article shall be null and void (even if such laws, directives, decisions, agreements, etc. conform to Cantonal laws). Measures directed to this end shall be unlawful even if aligned with Cantonal law. Any Cantonal law to this effect is null and void.